Being angry

These informal idioms can be used either about yourself or about a third person.

• I’m fed up (to the back teeth) with trying to live on such a small wage.
• I’m at my wits’ end trying to keeps things in order. ( wits: intelligence, brain)
• I’ve had it up to here with this organisation!

These informal idioms are generally used about other people.

• Your boss will have/throw a fit when he finds out you forgot to reply to those letters.

( You can also say: go off the deep end / go spare/ do his nut/ blow a fuse.)

These less informal idioms describe other people’s anger and are based on the word “blood”.

• If someone’s blood is up, they are very angry or excited and may react in a violent way.
• If you are after someone’s blood, you want to catch them in order to hurt or punish them.
• If you are out for blood, You are determined to find someone to attack or blame for something bad that has happened.

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